King's College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for King's College

King's College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 1,484 students of which 1,712 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. King's College is categorized as “19” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 93.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,170. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $23,093, with published in-state tuition of $44,100 and a Pell grant recipient share of 30.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 60.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 75.7%. Graduates earn a median of $59,498 ten years after enrolling, compared with $51,734 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 119200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 72.9% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.